in reply to Re^2: Lost in unpack hell
in thread Lost in unpack hell

Then that means that the other program is "lying"

No, that does not necessarilly follow from what I said.

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Re^4: Lost in unpack hell
by stevehicks (Sexton) on Feb 11, 2010 at 17:17 UTC
    Well maybe not but since I currently lack the knowledge to reliably decode what's the in message it's difficult to draw another conclusion. I'll keep trying but I now seem to have come up against the issue of trying to decode a quad effectively(though I will try the suggestion from Zentara) Thanks for your help by the way !!
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